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Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth, was born October 25, 1993 in Southwark, London, England to a Brazilian mother and a Canadian father.

Aged 14, she was discovered at the Underage Festival in London by fashion photographer Gemma Booth, who signed her to Storm Model Management. She subsequently appeared in advertisements for Vogue and Miu Miu. She began to audition for films at the age of 16, and after finishing sixth form, she won her first role in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac and played alongside Willem Dafoe. She later played Sophie Campbell in the Sky Atlantic's crime drama series The Tunnel and appeared in Stephen Fingleton's directed introductory short film Magpie. In 2015, Goth played the lead role of Milja in the post-apocalyptic thriller The Survivalist. She also appeared in the BBC One's crime series Wallander. Goth starred in the disaster adventure-thriller film Everest, which was directed by Baltasar Kormákur. In 2017, Goth played a lead role in the horror film A Cure for Wellness, directed by Gore Verbinski.

In 2018, Goth had a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria, alongside Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton, as well as the sci-fi mystery film High Life, directed by French auteur director Claire Denis, opposite Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche.

Sam Spruell was born in Southwark, London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Legend (2015) and The Counselor (2013).

His feature film directorial debut Mojo (1997) starred Ian Hart, Ewen Bremner, Aidan Gillen and Harold Pinter and was officially selected for the 1998 Venice Film Festival. The film was based on his multi award winning stage play of the same name which opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 1995 and was an outstanding critical and public success. Mojo has won five major theatre awards including the Olivier and the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award. Butterworth's other film writing credits include Marc Munden's Christmas and David Giles' The Night of the Golden Brain, both of which he co-wrote with his brother Tom.

Best known for playing the perpetually-ditzy blonde bimbo in several installments of the "Carry On" franchise, buxom Liz Fraser (born Elizabeth Joan Winch above a corner shop in south London) studied at RADA on a scholarship and first acted in repertory theatre and television before breaking into films. Her first role of note was Cynthia, the daughter of radical left-wing shop steward Fred Kite in The Boulting Brothers comedy I'm All Right Jack (1959) (the film which made Peter Sellers a star). In a second outing with Sellers, (Two Way Stretch (1960), she played his girlfriend Ethel; up next were eight guest appearances on Hancock's Half Hour (1956). By that time, her screen personae were firmly established as scatterbrained blondes or feisty gum-chewing working-class Cockneys. Though she often managed to rise above her material, the typecasting sadly continued through a series of dreadful low-brow '70s sex comedies in the 'Adventures' and 'Confessions' series, which represented a significant step-down from the "Carry Ons" and did nothing for her reputation.

Liz attempted to change her image by playing straight dramatic roles in The Family Way (1966) and Up the Junction (1968) (as the mother) and her later career prospered as a fine character actress with guest spots on The Professionals (1977), Minder (1979), Foyle's War (2002), and Midsomer Murders (1997), along with a string of successes on the West End stage. In her private life, she was known to be fond of animals, and she loved to play bridge and ladies' bowls at the exclusive Hurlingham club in Fulham. Her financial astuteness brought substantial gains at the stock market, which she in turn developed into a healthy property portfolio. She always spoke fondly of her co-stars, many of whom she regarded as her close 'mates' during the sixties, in particular Sidney James, Joan Sims, Tony Hancock and Tommy Cooper.

Poppy Lee Friar is a British actress, from London, England. She is known for playing Missy Booth in the Netflix/Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge, Mayella in To Kill a Mockingbird (West End), Carol in My Name is Leon, Alys in Life and Death in the Warehouse, Lydia in In My Skin, Jayne Torvill in Torvill and Dean, Mary in My Cousin Rachel, Rosalie in Mr Selfridge and Eve in Eve.

Friar has received several accolades for her work including an RTS award for Ackley Bridge, BAFTA nomination for Eve and an AFI nomination for Dead Gorgeous.

Friar can currently be seen as Geri in Domino Day 2024.

Stanley Caine was born on 11 February 1936 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Italian Job (1969), Play Dirty (1969) and Billion Dollar Brain (1967). He died on 13 January 2013 in Ruislip, London, England, UK.

Bill Moody was born on 13 July 1949 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Revolver (2005), The Long Good Friday (1980) and Love Actually (2003). He died on 8 June 2012 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Trained in classical music, London-born pianist Lynsey de Paul entered art college and turned her hand to designing album sleeves as a means to boost her income. This awakened her interest in songwriting and some of her first tunes were recorded by other artists in 1971. In 1972, after co-writing her first hit single for The Fortunes ("Storm in a Teacup"), Lynsey emerged as a performer in her own right with hit single "Sugar Me". Success as a singer-songwriter was consolidated with a run of hit singles and four albums, including representing the U.K. with Mike Moran in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with the song, "Rock Bottom", which came second. In 1973, Lynsey was the first women to win an Ivor Novello award for "Won't Somebody Dance With Me", a feat she repeated again in 1974 for the TV theme "No Honestly". Ever busy, she also wrote a number of hits for other artists in the 70s and 80s. Lynsey was oft to be seen on a variety of UK TV shows, particularly during the 70s, displaying her varied talents and so it was inevitable that she would turn to acting. She has appeared on stage in the thriller "Shriek" and the musical "Pump Boys and Dinettes" as well as in the film Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984) and the TV drama The Starlight Ballroom (1983). More recently, she released a self-defense video for women, titled Taking Control (1992). She was well known for her stance on animal rights and her support for Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party, composing "Vote Tory, Tory, Tory for election glory", which she performed at the 1983 Conservative Party conference.

Viviane Ventura is a Colombian British actress, model, author and socialite. She was born on 5 December 1945 in London but spent her childhood in three different cities of Colombia, South America, Barranquilla, Medellín and Bogotá. In 1958 she returned to the UK, where she started her film career. She has been Public Relations Manager and worked with the President Nelson Mandela and the singer Julio Iglesias. As journalist interviewed to the Dalai Lama. She now lives in London in the United Kingdom. Viviane Ventura is the author of two books "April Fool" (1983), a novel, and "Guide to Social Climbing" (1983). Her youngest daughter is the British environmentalist Sheherazade Goldsmith.

Lauryn Ajufo was born on 14 August 2000 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Boiling Point (2021), Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) and Boiling Point (2019).

Lisa Geoghan was born on 1 June 1966 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Bill (1984), Big Deal (1984) and Desmond's (1989). She has been married to Michael Power since 31 May 1996. They have one child.

Keir Starmer was born on 2 September 1962 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He has been married to Victoria Alexander since 6 May 2007. They have two children.

Joey Essex was born on 29 July 1990 in Southwark, Greater London, England, UK.

Stuntman and bit player Peter Brace was born on August 30, 1924 in Southwark, London, England. Brace appeared in his first film in an uncredited minor part in 1947 and first began performing stunts in movies in 1952. Peter's career as both an extra and a stuntman encompassed several decades; it includes everything from doubling Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) to performing stunts in various James Bond movies. Moreover, Brace was also an accomplished horseman and swordsman. Peter died at age 94 on October 29, 2018. He was survived by his former wife Patricia, partner Wendy, son David, daughter Tina, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Katherine Haber MBE was born in 1944 in London, England. She is best known for her work as Production Executive on Blade Runner (1982) as well as her collaboration with Sam Peckinpah on 8 of his films, including Straw Dogs, The Getaway, Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid and Cross of Iron. She is a Founding Member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles and served on the Board for 23 years, co-founding the Community Education and Outreach Committee, and served on the BAFTA Council for 4 years. In 2011 she was awarded Honorary Doctor of Arts at the University of Bedfordshire in recognition of her career in the film industry and her contribution to countering homelessness, crime prevention and transformational education through the Arts. In 2012 she was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E) for services to the community in Los Angeles. By Katherine Haber

Madeline Duggan has been acting from a very early age. In 2003, at the age of 9, she secured her first acting role, playing young Cosette in Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre, London. In 2004, she played lead role Amanda in the short film Between Us and in 2005 took on another lead role in a short film this time playing Ellie in Spoilt Eggs.

In May 2006 she was cast as Lauren Branning in the UK soap opera EastEnders, a role she played for four years until June 2010. In December 2010, she played Emily in Rules of Love and in July 2011 Madeline filmed a part in Silent Witness and also secured the role of Laura in a new film Everyone's Going to Die. In 2013 she was in BBC drama By Any Means. In 2014 she appeared in The Smoke on Sky 1.

Lois Edmett was born on 25 April 1992 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Poirot (1989).

Milly Zero is a British Actress, who was born in Southwark, London. She is best known for playing Dotty Cotton in BBC soap opera 'Eastenders'. Milly Zero was announced as a re-cast for the role in 2019. Her television debut was at the age of thirteen, when she was cast in CBBC's 'All At Sea', playing Hannah Enright for two series. Milly trained at The BRIT School for Performing Arts in Croydon, London. She attended BRIT for four years and graduated in 2017. She has also appeared in Netflix film 'The Foreigner' playing 'Quan's Daughter'.

Joe Grossi was born on 28 January 1957 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for No Time to Die (2021), Kinky Boots (2005) and The Da Vinci Code (2006).

Hal Osmond was born on 27 May 1903 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for No Trace (1950), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Vise (1954). He died in December 1959 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK.

John Rutland was a British character actor.

Rutland was born on 31st August 1916 in Southwark, London, England.

He worked in theatre, film and on television.

He appeared in films such as in The Hostage (1956), Take Me Over (1963), Calculated Risk (1963), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981).

His television appearances included collaborations with Dick Emery and The Two Ronnies in the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared twice in Last of The Summer Wine as different characters, and four times in the long-running ITV police drama series The Bill as four different characters. He also appeared in one episode in the fifth season of the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, as a clock repairer.

In the 1990s he made several appearances on the children's TV show Chucklevision.

In 1998 he appeared at the Players' Theatre, Covent Garden in the stage adaptation of More Work for the Undertaker.

In 1992 he appeared as Mrs Warboys' (Doreen Mantle) cousin Wilf in the successful sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Several years later, in the final series of the sitcom, by then he was well into his eighties, he reprised the role of Wilf and appeared in an episode which was broadcast in October 2000; the character however was unable to speak for it was revealed to viewers that he had suffered a stroke. This was to be his final television acting role.

He died of natural causes at the age of 96 on 1 June 2013 in England.

Liz Cambage was born on 18 August 1991 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Adidas Originals: Superstar - Change Is a Team Sport (2020), WNBA on ESPN (1997) and The Her Hoop Stats Podcast: WNBA & Women's College Basketball (2019).

Blanche Fothergill was born on 15 October 1895 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A House Called Bell Tower (1960), Kidnapped (1952) and Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949). She died on 10 March 1968 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Anton Rice was born on 20 October 1991 in Southwark, Greater London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Legend of Lizard Man (2023), Crooked Man and Sense of Identity (2017).

Christopher Swann was born on 18 August 1949 in Southwark, London, England, UK. Christopher is a director and producer, known for Omnibus (1967), Great Performances (1971) and When the Sun Goes In... (1999).